Nina Nesbitt has taken an early lead on a UK artist albums market set to be dominated by Brit Awards performers and winners.

The Scottish singer-songwriter’s Island debut Peroxide currently has a 40% sales lead over Rinse/Columbia’s Katy B whose Little Red drops 1-2 on the midweeks, but the chart is likely to look very different following the annual awards show taking place on Wednesday (February 19) night. 

Ellie Goulding leads the Brits performers in the week so far with ...